lucky escape

[Mozza]

Could of been much worse, Learn from it, Dismantle when next to powerlines and roads as much as possible imo, Get yourself a few beers, Relax and think of this situation next time something looks a little dodgy!!

 

 

Oh and for the record, The grammer didnt bother me at all, I understood it perfectly mate.

[skyhuck]

we pull it over the lean and leaning towards the way it NEEDED to go i put felling cut in it starts to go then suddenly desides snap off and go other way

 

I have read this a few time and don't understand it.

 

If it was held by a block and tackle, how could it go back?

 

Or did it go over sideways?

[Stephen Blair]

the bad hinge just acted like a break cut dave, i bet they were pulling like mad men, then when he started cutting it just went, if it still sat in place then it will of just pulled them back. i dont really get it myself. the tree looked about 8 inches wide from the pics.

[skyhuck]

the bad hinge just acted like a break cut dave, i bet they were pulling like mad men, then when he started cutting it just went, if it still sat in place then it will of just pulled them back. i dont really get it myself. the tree looked about 8 inches wide from the pics.

 

If you look at the pic stevie, there is no compression of the bark at the back of the back cut.

 

There does look to be some at the side of hinge nearest the camera.

[Marc]

If you look at the pic stevie, there is no compression of the bark at the back of the back cut.

 

There does look to be some at the side of hinge nearest the camera.

 

I don't understand either, but when you read what testcricket wrote, he said they pulled it over so it leaned they way they wanted, thats a lot of tension put in! they then made the cuts, the sudden release of tension can cause all kinds of funny things to happen. Without good details oractually being there we will never know.

Looking at the picture, i bet it was leaning back and biased to one side as it was multistemmed, the hinge was thicker on one side and thinner on the other so it probably didn't hold long enough in the right place.

 

When i fell leaners with a rope assist i always try to pull exactly the opposite direction of the lean, i also only put enough tension on the line to stop the saw getting stuck no more, get my cuts right then walk away and pull steadily over.

Trying to pull over a stem 90degrees from its lean is hard, it all depends on the wood and how strong the hinge will hold, you can try to make it thicker on the tension side but this will not always work 100% accuracy is not a given.

[Ian Leach]

IMO the back cut looks to high so basically turning it into a step cut hinge broke sending it a different direction. Fair play for posting tho thats how people learn:001_smile:

[Johny Walker]

how high of the ground was the cut made:confused1:

[testcricket01]

I have read this a few time and don't understand it.

 

If it was held by a block and tackle, how could it go back?

 

Or did it go over sideways?

 

yer pull rope was tensioned and held by a gri gri and it started to go in direction we wanted but thn snaped and went sideways

[testcricket01]

how high of the ground was the cut made:confused1:

 

about 10ft off the ground

[stoxs]

:confused1:I find they do, in fact I find they are essential.

 

 

the only reason you cut a gob is to create the direction of fell, I.E the front edge of the hinge.

 

a 20% gob will fell a tree just as good as a 50%, straight , leaning or what ever.

 

With assisted felling you only want the direction with the gob your rope will do the pulling. Far more important with assisted felling is a strong hinge and accurate felling cut.

 

Sounds like some need to go on a refresher course in felling:001_tt2: